Photo Spotlights

Sign language interpreting students Shadaka Thomas, left, and Jessika Whitehouse meet with Jason Goldstein from Service Bridges Inc., an interpreting agency in Niagara Falls, N.Y., at the second annual Student Interpreting Association Career/Resource Fair held on April 12. Co-sponsored by NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education, the career/resource fair was attended by more than 25 national and local companies and agencies from across the United States searching for skilled interpreters.

Gallery r, RIT’s metro art space in downtown Rochester, is featuring a group exhibition by senior fine arts students from the School of Art through April 16. The next exhibit of work by seniors from the School for American Crafts begins with a reception at 6 p.m. on April 20.

RIT student researchers presented their work at the RIT Research Spotlights: Health and Life Sciences event on April 11. Students from across campus participated in the second annual symposium sponsored by the RIT Health Sciences and Technology Student Association, Pre-Health Student Association, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience Association, the RIT Department of Psychology and the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences. Nina Hullett, left, a senior in the nutrition management program in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition in RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology, presented a study on preventing malnutrition among elderly people at long-term facilities. Her work examined the relationship between social interactions and food consumption. After graduation, Hullett, from Hilton, N.Y., will take the next step to becoming a registered dietitian and start a dietetic internship at Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Ann Quiroz Gates was the guest speaker at the sixth annual Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking Lecture at Ingle Auditorium April 11. The department chair and professor of computer science at the University of Texas at El Paso is an expert in computing and data sharing infrastructure and a noted leader in efforts aimed at diversity and inclusion in the technology fields.

From left, RIT/NTID photographer Mark Benjamin; retired professor Harry Lang; David E. Williams, chief operating officer and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service; faculty member John Panara; RIT/NTID President Gerry Buckley; and Steve Monteith, vice president of marketing of the U.S. Postal Service, unveil a replica of the Robert Panara Forever Stamp at the First-Day-of-Issue Dedication Ceremony held in Panara Theatre on April 11.

Isabel Marte, a third-year 3D animation student from Bronx, N.Y., participated in the poster session with her project “Capacity building for the creation of digital illustration of Desano traditional stories”. Nearly 100 people from around the country attended the Symposium on American Indian Languages at RIT on April 7.

Gabriela Perez Baez from the Smithsonian Institution listened to some poster sessions after she delivered her talk, “Understanding the Goals of Language Revitalization Practitioners: Preliminary Results from the Survey of Global Revitalization Efforts,” during the Symposium on American Indian Languages at RIT on April 7. Nearly 100 people from around the country attended the symposium.

The RIT Juggle-In included workshops and shows in Clark Gym April 7-9. In its 40th year, the event is one of the longest running juggling festivals in North America. Here, participants gathered for the Big Toss-Up.

The RIT West African Percussion Ensemble presented examples of music, dance and rituals from the West African cultures of Ghana, Guinea, the Congo and Senegal, among others. The ensemble was joined by dancers from the Pan-African Percussion and Dance Ensemble MOUNAFANYI.

The RIT West African Percussion Ensemble presented examples of music, dance and rituals from the West African cultures of Ghana, Guinea, the Congo and Senegal, among others. The ensemble was joined by dancers from the Pan-African Percussion and Dance Ensemble MOUNAFANYI and master drummer Fana Bangoura, shown here.

The 2016-2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars were celebrated with a reception and awards ceremony April 6. In order to receive the scholars designation, students must have earned a GPA of 3.85 and completed more than two-thirds of the credit hours required for a bachelor’s degree. Selection is also based on factors complementing their academic achievement, including creative work, independent research and community service.

Construction has begun on the building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios. The program is a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education that will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.